1900 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1900 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia 1879 presidential no 1896 United States presidential election in Virginia 1896 1904 United States presidential election in Virginia 1904 November 6, 1900 x200px WilliamJBryan1902 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Adlai Stevenson I 12 146,079 55.29% Mckinley (cropped).jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Theodore Roosevelt 0 115,769 43.82% 435px 435px County and independent city results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President William McKinley Republican Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) 1900 United States presidential election The 1900 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Following the state's delayed readmission to the Union, Virginia was unique among ex-Confederate states in not having a period of Republican control during Reconstruction, due to the failure of the Underwood Constitution to pass in 1868Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffrey A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 March 19, 2020 217–221 Cambridge University Press 978-1107158436 and the consequent support for the Conservative Party that fused prewar Democrats and Whigs in the first postwar elections and consistently controlled the state legislature after readmission. From 1879, however, a fusion with the “Readjuster” faction of the state Democratic Party would revitalize the Republicans until 1883, although the state GOP would remain competitive in statewide elections, only narrowly failing to carry the state in 1888, until the Cleveland Administration eliminated federal oversight while the Walton Act created the secret ballot and began large-scale black disenfranchisement.Moger Allen The Rift in Virginia Democracy in 1896 The Journal of Southern History 4 3 295–317 10.2307/2191291 2191291 However, despite its dominant position, the Democratic Party would become deeply divided between the conservative Gold Democrats of a state whose economy was already substantially influenced by the rapidly industrializing Northeast, and a Populist-influenced faction centered in the state's rural areas. Many Virginia farmers still depended upon a tobacco monoculture and had been affected severely by consistently declining prices, poor harvestsWright James D. The farmer's revolt: the election of 1896 in Virginia https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1750&context=honors-theses University of Richmond May 18, 1978 and the evolving rift between growing Northern and Southwest Virginia which were deeply tied culturally to the border states, and the declining, agrarian Southside. This divide strengthened a now “lily-white” Jim Crow state Republican Party in the 1896 election cycle, as the old Whig minority in Southwest Virginia was less attached to party labels and strongly supported Republican William McKinley. Consequently, Southwest Virginia would become the GOP's stronghold in the state during the first half of the twentieth century, allowing it to remain more viable than in any other ex-Confederate state other than North Carolina and Tennessee where extremely loyal Unionist Republicanism remained.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210, 242 978-0-691-16324-6 Neither candidate campaigned in the state, which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876. In October, it was generally thought that Bryan would be sure to carry the state,M'Kinley 282, Bryan 165: That Is New York Herald's Estimate from Poll The Weekly Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama October 26, 1900 8 and unlike in 1896,Doubtful States: Representatives of Them Interviewed on the Outlook — Opinions of the Common People: Results of Visits to Hotels and Railroad Stations — The Views Expressed Evening Star Washington, D.C. October 31, 1896 10 even pro-Republican journalists did not believe McKinley possessed any chance. Virginia voted for the Democratic candidate, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan over the Republican candidate, incumbent President William McKinley. Bryan won the state by a margin of 11.47 percentage points. McKinley was the last Republican until Donald Trump in 2024 to win two terms in the White House without carrying Virginia either time. Along with having defeated McKinley in Virginia four years earlier, Bryan would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft. Results 1900 United States presidential election in Virginia1900 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1900&fips=51&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 12 April 2013PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 146,079 55.29% 12 Republican William McKinley (inc.) 115,769 43.82% 0 Prohibition John G. Woolley 2,130 0.81% 0 Socialist Labor Joseph F. Maloney 167 0.06% 0 Populist Wharton Barker 63 0.02% 0 Totals 264,208 100.0% 12 Results by county 1900 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent citiesRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 354-361 9780804716963Géoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1900.htm Popular Vote for President, 1900 (.xlsx file for €15) County orIndependent City William Jennings BryanDemocratic William McKinleyRepublican John G. WoolleyProhibition Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Accomack County 3,210 67.72% 1,460 30.80% 69 1.46%10.02% 1,750 36.92% 4,740 Albemarle County 2,411 58.73% 1,674 40.78% 20 0.49%00.00% 737 17.95% 4,105 Alexandria County 413 49.40% 421 50.36% 37 1.59%00.00% -8 -0.96% 836 Alleghany County 841 36.11% 1,451 62.30% 12 0.82%140.95% -610 -26.19% 2,329 Amelia County 608 41.30% 838 56.93% 4 0.16%180.71% -230 -15.63% 1,472 Amherst County 1,516 59.97% 990 39.16% 5 0.32%30.19% 526 20.81% 2,528 Appomattox County 1,082 69.94% 457 29.54% 2 0.24%00.00% 625 40.40% 1,547 Augusta County 2,869 51.87% 2,473 44.71% 185 3.34%40.07% 396 7.16% 5,531 Bath County 422 47.90% 454 51.53% 5 0.57%00.00% -32 -3.63% 881 Bedford County 2,535 55.08% 1,982 43.07% 84 1.83%10.02% 553 12.02% 4,602 Bland County 513 52.29% 465 47.40% 3 0.31%00.00% 48 4.89% 981 Botetourt County 1,382 50.51% 1,329 48.57% 25 0.91%00.00% 53 1.94% 2,736 Brunswick County 1,064 47.37% 1,177 52.40% 5 0.22%00.00% -113 -5.03% 2,246 Buchanan County 587 45.82% 694 54.18% 0 0.00%00.00% -107 -8.35% 1,281 Buckingham County 942 50.16% 922 49.09% 14 0.75%00.00% 20 1.06% 1,878 Campbell County 1,339 50.82% 1,288 48.88% 7 0.27%10.04% 51 1.94% 2,635 Caroline County 1,077 48.19% 1,144 51.19% 14 0.63%00.00% -67 -3.00% 2,235 Carroll County 1,434 44.77% 1,759 54.92% 9 0.28%10.03% -325 -10.15% 3,203 Charlotte County 1,011 75.67% 323 24.18% 2 0.15%00.00% 688 51.50% 1,336 Chesterfield County 1,368 60.11% 884 38.84% 22 0.97%20.09% 484 21.27% 2,276 Clarke County 1,055 69.73% 426 28.16% 30 1.98%20.13% 629 41.57% 1,513 Craig County 415 57.80% 265 36.91% 38 5.29%00.00% 150 20.89% 718 Culpeper County 1,512 64.07% 847 35.89% 1 0.04%00.00% 665 28.18% 2,360 Cumberland County 537 71.70% 205 27.37% 1 0.13%60.80% 332 44.33% 749 Dickenson County 727 51.56% 683 48.44% 0 0.00%00.00% 44 3.12% 1,410 Dinwiddie County 990 62.66% 583 36.90% 6 0.38%10.06% 407 25.76% 1,580 Elizabeth City County 1,027 59.09% 697 40.10% 8 0.46%60.35% 330 18.99% 1,738 Essex County 731 55.30% 590 44.63% 1 0.08%00.00% 141 10.67% 1,322 Fairfax County 2,135 58.40% 1,507 41.22% 14 0.38%00.00% 628 17.18% 3,656 Fauquier County 2,610 65.30% 1,377 34.45% 8 0.20%20.05% 1,233 30.85% 3,997 Floyd County 648 29.22% 1,566 70.60% 4 0.18%00.00% -918 -41.39% 2,218 Fluvanna County 790 53.34% 678 45.78% 13 0.88%00.00% 112 7.56% 1,481 Franklin County 1,785 50.72% 1,702 48.37% 24 0.68%80.23% 83 2.36% 3,519 Frederick County 1,748 71.52% 671 27.45% 21 0.86%40.16% 1,077 44.07% 2,444 Giles County 1,010 53.05% 858 45.06% 36 1.89%00.00% 152 7.98% 1,904 Gloucester County 484 57.69% 354 42.19% 1 0.12%00.00% 130 15.49% 839 Goochland County 602 40.73% 876 59.27% 0 0.00%00.00% -274 -18.54% 1,478 Grayson County 1,252 44.10% 1,585 55.83% 2 0.07%00.00% -333 -11.73% 2,839 Greene County 511 52.68% 459 47.32% 0 0.00%00.00% 52 5.36% 970 Greensville County 740 57.14% 547 42.24% 4 0.31%40.31% 193 14.90% 1,295 Halifax County 2,864 63.00% 1,632 35.90% 45 0.99%50.11% 1,232 27.10% 4,546 Hanover County 1,203 49.75% 1,201 49.67% 14 0.58%00.00% 2 0.08% 2,418 Henrico County 2,189 66.51% 1,049 31.87% 25 0.76%280.85% 1,140 34.64% 3,291 Henry County 1,356 49.49% 1,367 49.89% 17 0.62%00.00% -11 -0.40% 2,740 Highland County 512 48.08% 540 50.70% 11 1.03%20.19% -28 -2.63% 1,065 Isle of Wight County 1,206 61.22% 763 38.73% 0 0.00%10.05% 443 22.49% 1,970 James City County 294 53.45% 255 46.36% 1 0.18%00.00% 39 7.09% 550 King and Queen County 796 56.37% 614 43.48% 2 0.14%00.00% 182 12.89% 1,412 King George County 480 42.67% 643 57.16% 2 0.18%00.00% -163 -14.49% 1,125 King William County 462 34.38% 871 64.81% 8 0.60%30.22% -409 -30.43% 1,344 Lancaster County 971 65.34% 508 34.19% 7 0.47%00.00% 463 31.16% 1,486 Lee County 1,493 51.61% 1,392 48.12% 6 0.21%20.07% 101 3.49% 2,893 Loudoun County 2,690 59.79% 1,684 37.43% 119 2.65%60.13% 1,006 22.36% 4,499 Louisa County 1,169 49.16% 1,187 49.92% 22 0.93%00.00% -18 -0.76% 2,378 Lunenburg County 634 64.83% 343 35.07% 9 0.91%00.00% 291 29.75% 978 Madison County 986 59.76% 664 40.24% 14 0.84%00.00% 322 19.52% 1,650 Mathews County 726 68.88% 294 27.89% 40 3.77%00.00% 432 40.99% 1,054 Mecklenburg County 1,697 47.24% 1,855 51.64% 4 0.11%361.00% -158 -4.40% 3,592 Middlesex County 686 51.58% 640 48.12% 56 4.05%00.00% 46 3.46% 1,330 Montgomery County 1,102 42.58% 1,391 53.75% 5 0.19%903.48% -289 -11.17% 2,588 Nansemond County 1,481 59.74% 992 40.02% 12 0.48%00.00% 489 19.73% 2,479 Nelson County 1,530 56.52% 1,163 42.96% 4 0.15%100.37% 367 13.56% 2,707 New Kent County 282 38.42% 447 60.90% 1 0.14%40.54% -165 -22.48% 734 Norfolk County 2,415 44.36% 3,024 55.55% 5 0.09%00.00% -609 -11.19% 5,444 Northampton County 1,180 56.43% 896 42.85% 12 0.57%30.14% 284 13.58% 2,091 Northumberland County 809 49.85% 807 49.72% 7 0.43%00.00% 2 0.12% 1,623 Nottoway County 1,076 68.14% 489 30.97% 13 0.82%10.06% 587 37.18% 1,579 Orange County 1,100 53.71% 929 45.36% 19 0.93%00.00% 171 8.35% 2,048 Page County 1,041 45.64% 1,214 53.22% 26 1.14%00.00% -173 -7.58% 2,281 Patrick County 1,026 44.32% 1,281 55.33% 8 0.35%00.00% -255 -11.02% 2,315 Pittsylvania County 3,758 61.16% 2,328 37.88% 59 0.96%00.00% 1,430 23.27% 6,145 Powhatan County 458 44.00% 582 55.91% 1 0.10%00.00% -124 -11.91% 1,041 Prince Edward County 843 59.49% 574 40.51% 0 0.00%00.00% 269 18.98% 1,417 Prince George County 367 54.86% 301 44.99% 0 0.00%10.15% 66 9.87% 669 Prince William County 1,351 66.52% 680 33.48% 0 0.00%00.00% 671 33.04% 2,031 Princess Anne County 743 69.31% 327 30.50% 2 0.19%00.00% 416 38.81% 1,072 Pulaski County 1,048 45.74% 1,243 54.26% 0 0.00%00.00% -195 -8.51% 2,291 Rappahannock County 813 61.27% 507 38.21% 7 0.53%00.00% 306 23.06% 1,327 Richmond County 692 54.49% 574 45.20% 3 0.24%10.08% 118 9.29% 1,270 Roanoke County 942 42.95% 1,188 54.17% 58 2.64%50.23% -246 -11.22% 2,193 Rockbridge County 1,658 42.46% 2,223 56.93% 22 0.56%20.05% -565 -14.47% 3,905 Rockingham County 2,852 51.60% 2,572 46.54% 103 1.86%00.00% 280 5.07% 5,527 Russell County 1,956 58.58% 1,377 41.24% 6 0.18%00.00% 579 17.34% 3,339 Scott County 1,813 52.17% 1,659 47.74% 3 0.09%00.00% 154 4.43% 3,475 Shenandoah County 1,965 50.75% 1,862 48.09% 40 1.03%50.13% 103 2.66% 3,872 Smyth County 1,252 40.94% 1,794 58.67% 12 0.39%00.00% -542 -17.72% 3,058 Southampton County 1,708 73.21% 610 26.15% 15 0.64%00.00% 1,098 47.06% 2,333 Spotsylvania County 774 48.50% 817 51.19% 5 0.31%00.00% -43 -2.69% 1,596 Stafford County 648 42.74% 867 57.19% 1 0.07%00.00% -219 -14.45% 1,516 Surry County 839 62.85% 473 35.43% 22 1.65%10.07% 366 27.42% 1,335 Sussex County 733 62.70% 430 36.78% 1 0.09%50.43% 303 25.92% 1,169 Tazewell County 1,312 32.93% 2,663 66.84% 8 0.20%10.03% -1,351 -33.91% 3,984 Warren County 1,068 68.95% 462 29.83% 19 1.23%00.00% 606 39.12% 1,549 Warwick County 526 61.02% 336 38.98% 0 0.00%00.00% 190 22.04% 862 Washington County 2,291 47.74% 2,498 52.05% 10 0.21%00.00% -207 -4.31% 4,799 Westmoreland County 691 53.19% 597 45.96% 10 0.77%10.08% 94 7.24% 1,299 Wise County 1,215 41.10% 1,725 58.36% 15 0.51%10.03% -510 -17.25% 2,956 Wythe County 1,607 45.31% 1,932 54.47% 6 0.17%20.06% -325 -9.16% 3,547 York County 551 45.84% 631 52.50% 0 0.00%201.66% -80 -6.66% 1,202 Alexandria City 2,003 68.04% 935 31.76% 6 0.20%00.00% 1,068 36.28% 2,944 Bristol City 787 72.80% 281 25.99% 13 1.20%00.00% 506 46.81% 1,081 Buena Vista City 215 50.47% 204 47.89% 5 1.17%20.47% 11 2.58% 426 Charlottesville City 731 66.15% 361 32.67% 11 1.00%20.18% 370 33.48% 1,105 Danville City 1,575 79.83% 310 15.71% 87 4.41%10.05% 1,265 64.12% 1,973 Fredericksburg City 587 62.18% 353 37.39% 3 0.32%10.11% 234 24.79% 944 Lynchburg City 1,081 61.67% 660 37.65% 0 0.00%120.68% 421 24.02% 1,753 Manchester City 647 58.03% 442 39.64% 34 3.03%00.00% 205 18.39% 1,115 Newport News City 1,896 62.23% 1,108 36.36% 15 0.49%280.92% 788 25.86% 3,047 Norfolk City 3,883 62.17% 2,301 36.84% 39 0.62%230.37% 1,582 25.33% 6,246 Petersburg City 1,589 69.33% 688 30.02% 9 0.39%60.26% 901 39.31% 2,292 Portsmouth City 1,743 74.74% 566 24.27% 14 0.60%90.39% 1,177 50.47% 2,332 Radford City 257 55.99% 197 42.92% 5 1.09%00.00% 60 13.07% 459 Richmond City 6,095 68.35% 2,729 30.60% 71 0.80%220.25% 3,366 37.75% 8,917 Roanoke City 1,761 58.98% 1,120 37.51% 53 1.77%521.74% 641 21.47% 2,986 Staunton City 612 57.90% 375 35.48% 70 6.62%00.00% 237 22.42% 1,057 Williamsburg City 161 62.89% 88 34.38% 7 2.73%00.00% 73 28.52% 256 Winchester City 593 57.74% 423 41.19% 10 0.97%10.10% 170 16.55% 1,027Charles City CountyNov 27, 1900, page 6 - Richmond Dispatch at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/77842926/ 2025-07-30 www.newspapers.com en0N/A0N/ATotals146,07955.26%115,76943.79%2,1300.81%4730.18%30,31011.47%264,357 See also United States presidential elections in Virginia References Virginia 1900 Category:1900 Virginia elections